I asked you to write a light novel, but you wrote about living?

On the other side, at the headquarters of "Fantasy World Media", which focuses on short dramas and virtual derivatives.

Senior Project Director Su Man was looking at the data report on the conference table, her brows slightly furrowed.

"The dark horse that is Weiguang has slightly affected our pre-sale schedule for derivative products this weekend."

Suman pointed to a slightly declining curve:

"In the past half hour, a group of core female readers who had pre-ordered virtual skins cancelled their orders. Tracking data shows that they donated Star Coins to Douyang's writing livestream room, apparently for a character named 'Fengxia' in the book."

Zhou Xun, the deputy manager standing next to him, gave a wry smile:

"President Su, this book became a hit too suddenly, but commercializing it is too difficult. Our AI is proficient in thousands of exquisite tags, but Curry simply doesn't have an option like 'deaf and mute village girl.' This kind of realistic and tragic background simply can't be used to create high-priced holographic skins or virtual companions."

"Just because you can't do skin treatments doesn't mean you can't monetize them."

Su Man turned off the data panel, and her keen insight as a capital operator allowed her to see another dimension of value:

"Since readers can empathize so strongly with a virtual character, isn't this a natural script for a tearjerker short film? The current virtual cinema is lacking good scripts for those immersive short films that make people cry buckets."

She stood up decisively:

"Contact Weiguang's copyright department immediately. While the book is only 90,000 words long and the price of film and television adaptation rights hasn't been driven out of control, go through the standard S-level contract and secure it. Even if the popularity doesn't hold up, the emotional momentum accumulated across the internet these past few days alone will definitely be enough to recoup the copyright fee if it's made into a short drama."

……

In this cyber age dominated by algorithms and data, those masters at the top of the pyramid have a set of extremely mature and deadly experience in destroying a newly emerging work.

In the central district, the author of "Cyber ​​Ascension" in a river-view penthouse, and Pei Zhixing, the "Star Brilliance" in the Smart Computing Mansion in the upper district, though unaware of each other's identities, launched a ruthless joint attack on this wild novel with no background at the same time, relying on their instinctive understanding of capital harvesting.

The author of Cyber ​​Ascension is all too aware of the pain points of readers in lower-tier markets.

His dark web trolls received orders to strike at the "fatal weakness" of "To Live" from the perspective of traditional online literature, like a precision-guided scalpel.

Pei Zhixing's public relations team, on the other hand, carried the arrogance of a major company, attempting to directly destroy the credibility of this independent author from a physical standpoint, in order to facilitate his subsequent legal plunder.

Two massive capital forces converge on the dark web.

Within minutes, the live stream, which had been buzzing with excitement due to millions of viewers, was suddenly torn apart without warning.

Tens of thousands of virtual data soldiers, each with their initial avatars and no account level, surged in instantly, like well-trained worker ants.

Their rhetoric was extremely professional, each word hitting the minefield of cyberpunk readers accustomed to the "feel-good" novel formula.

The first wave of online trolls directly targeted the plot's weaknesses, frantically deconstructing the suffering:

[Poison Resistance Tester]: "I'm dying of laughter! This is the masterpiece you guys rave about? The male lead, Fugui, is a complete and utter good-for-nothing! He gambled away his family fortune, angered his father to death, and even when his son was drained of blood, he didn't dare utter a sound! Is this what you call literature? This is pure masochism!"

[Logic Crusher]: "The guy in front is right! This plot is disgusting. A doctor can draw blood and actually kill someone? What kind of idiotic setting is this? The protagonist doesn't even have the guts to go to the hospital and kill someone? This kind of coward makes me want to vomit. It's just forced violence to make people cry!"

[Defender of the Highlights]: "Garbage and poison! Reported! This kind of mental garbage that spreads negative energy and seriously affects readers' mental health, how could Weiguang (the author) still give it a strong recommendation? The author must be psychologically twisted, coming here to take revenge on society!"

The second wave of online trolls perfectly executed Pei Zhixing's instructions, directly targeting Yu Wen's public image and attempting to completely muddy the waters of public opinion:

[Mechanical Debunker]: "Don't be fooled by this streamer! Look closely at his typing frequency; the keys his fingers are pressing don't match the speed at which the words appear on the screen! This is definitely a green screen composite basement! There's a brain-computer interface hidden under the keyboard; this is some kind of virtual streamer that some capitalist is pushing out to scam donations!"

[Analysis Master]: "I've seen this kind of impoverished character setup countless times. They deliberately play the victim, intentionally kill off the character to trick you 'leeks' into shedding tears. While you're crying your eyes out here, they're counting money until their hands cramp up behind the screen!"

The destructive power unleashed when these two online troll groups merged was astonishing.

The hundreds of thousands of casual viewers who had just been drawn in by the system's push to watch the live stream and hadn't even had a chance to watch the plot closely were instantly swept up by these trending comments.

After all, in this fast-paced era, everyone subconsciously needs "emotional compensation." Seeing the barrage criticizing Fugui to the point of being worthless, and then listening to the analysis from the paid commenters, a feeling of being "forced to eat shit" immediately welled up in my heart.

"Thinking about it carefully, this plot is indeed a bit outrageous. How could an entire family have died so tragically?"

"Could this really be a virtual marketing campaign orchestrated by a big company? Are they deliberately feigning poverty and playing the victim?"

"This male lead is such a coward, he can't even protect his wife and kids. It gave me high blood pressure, I'm turning this off..."

Within just over ten minutes, the tide in the live stream was completely turned.

The screen, which was originally filled with comments like "Please don't kill me" and "Please let me go," was quickly overwhelmed by words like "Refund," "Scammer," and "Disgusting." Those longtime fans who truly understood "To Live" tried to defend Yu Wen, but their comments were instantly buried at the bottom of the screen by a massive online trolling campaign, not even making a ripple.

Cyber ​​filth, carrying immense malice, poured down along the fiber optic cable.

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